swars on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "swars" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install swars on Arch using YAY

* (Optional) Uninstall swars on Arch using YAY

2. Manually Install "swars" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone swars's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/swars.git 
            
                        
                ~/swars
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/swars folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/swars
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the swars package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 288571
Name: swars
PackageBaseID: 109387
PackageBase: swars
Version: 0.3-1
Description: Syndicate Wars, a classic 1996 strategy game, with SDL patches to make it playable natively on Linux. Requires the Syndicate Wars CD to copy data files from before first run.
URL: http://swars.vexillium.org/
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: Splith
Submitter: Splith
FirstSubmitted: 1459102592
LastModified: 1459102763
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/swars.tar.gz